"John Jacks" <mibsun@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hi ; I am trying to email from my redhat box .This is what is happening . [root@root]# ps -aux | sendmail Recipient names must be specified [root@root]# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
First .. looks like you are trying to use sendmail directly without supplying a `to' addressee. `man sendmail' will guide you here: sendmail [option ...] [recipient ...]
You probably ought to just use the `mail' tool which calls sendmail properly if you supply a recipient:
ps waux|mail recipient
or if you want a subject:
ps waux| mail -s "ps output" recipient
Calling sendmail direct will work though if you give a recipient.
Far as telnet goes... is sendmail even running? I get the same message as you posted if I turn sendmail off temporarily.
Try as root: service sendmail status
You should see something like: # service sendmail status sendmail (pid 1142 1134) is running...
Harry's work here is much better. :) I don't play much with mail, sendmail, etc. on my box. I did just yesterday for the first time to prove a point to an admin, while we were admist a NetSky/Bagel.J watch, that just stated to a curious user that said user should not open an email stating authority over our email services unless it was "from" one of us. I didn't think she knew it was so easy to forge email headers. As easy as:
# /usr/sbin/sendmail -f theprez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx < presMessage.txt
I digress.
Thanks Harry too for your earlier tip on bash aliases. :)
Tim
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